A cupbearer in this work inspired the pen name of British author Saki. This collection's opening poems take place on the vernal equinox; it goes on to describe a rejection of "doctor and saint" in favor of "the wine of life." It uses a namesake stanza of four iambic pentameter lines arranged into a quatrain. It is most known in English through a liberal translation by Edward FitzGerald, who penned the lines "A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of
A cupbearer in this work inspired the pen name of British author Saki. This collection's opening poems take place on the vernal equinox; it goes on to describe a rejection of "doctor and saint" in favor of "the wine of life." It uses a namesake stanza of four iambic pentameter lines arranged into a quatrain. It is most known in English through a liberal translation by Edward FitzGerald, who penned the lines "A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread and Thou." For 10 points, identify this collection of hedonistic Persian love poetry by Omar Khayyam.
A cupbearer in this work inspired the pen name of British author Saki.
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